Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. Moore
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte District Court. Action by Moore against the Railroad Company to recover damages for bodily injuries. July 30, 1883, judgment for plaintiff for $10,000. New trial denied. Defendant brings the case here. The facts appear in A. T. & 8. F. Rid. Co. v. Moore, 29 Kas. 632, et seq., and in the opinion, infra.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This was an action to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, the defendant in error, near Montoya, Texas. The accident occurred on the morning of August 2,1881. The plaintiff was a brakeman on a train which had started that morning from El Paso, Texas, to go to San Marcial, New Mexico. At the time of the accident he was on the engine, where he went to leave his lamp. When he saw the washout on the road ahead of the engine, he called to the engineer and made a jump to get off. The engine dropped down off the bridge six or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. MooreSupreme Court of Kansas · 1883
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